HSL vs. BRGE, IPX, USA, FEML, JLEN, EOT, BGFD, PHI, GCP, and BUT
Should you be buying Henderson Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson Smaller Companies include BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE), Impax Asset Management Group (IPX), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML), JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN), European Opportunities Trust (EOT), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), and Brunner (BUT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
BlackRock Greater Europe (LON:BRGE) and Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
BlackRock Greater Europe has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Smaller Companies. Henderson Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackRock Greater Europe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Henderson Smaller Companies received 11 more outperform votes than BlackRock Greater Europe when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.16% of users gave BlackRock Greater Europe an outperform vote while only 68.64% of users gave Henderson Smaller Companies an outperform vote.
BlackRock Greater Europe pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. BlackRock Greater Europe pays out 769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Henderson Smaller Companies pays out -3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Smaller Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
BlackRock Greater Europe has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
17.6% of BlackRock Greater Europe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of BlackRock Greater Europe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Henderson Smaller Companies had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock Greater Europe. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for BlackRock Greater Europe. BlackRock Greater Europe's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Henderson Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock Greater Europe has a net margin of 92.96% compared to BlackRock Greater Europe's net margin of 0.00%. Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity of 17.45% beat BlackRock Greater Europe's return on equity.
Summary
BlackRock Greater Europe beats Henderson Smaller Companies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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